Sony Xperia M4 Aqua - Frontal camera

Guide with all the necessary steps so that you can change yourself the front camera of the Sony Xperia M4 Aqua, (E2303)

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Tutorial: Step by step

Step 1 characteristics

Dimensions : 72.59 x 145.5 x 7.3 mm

Weight : 136 g

SoC : Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939

Processor : 4x 1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-453, 4x 1.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A53, Number of cores: 8

Graphics processor : Qualcomm Adreno 405, 550 MHz

RAM memory : 2 GB, 800 MHz

Internal memory : 8 GB, 16 GB

Memory cards : microSD, microSDHC Display: 5 in, IPS, 720 x 1280 pixels, 24 bit

Battery : 2400 mAh, Li-ion (lithium ion)

Operating system: Android 5.0 Lollipop

Camera : 4160 x 3120 pixels, 1920 x 1080 pixels, 30 fps

SIM card : Nano-SIM

Wi-Fi : a, b, g, n, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct USB: 2.0, Micro USB

Bluetooth : 4.1

Location / Navigation : GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS

Step 2 Cards

Remove all cards that are in the phone.

Step 3 Back case

We apply heat to the back cover, for this we can use a heat blanket, a hot air gun or a thermal mat. Once the necessary heat has been applied, we will introduce a tine and we will detach the shell by all the edges of the shell.

If you use a heating blanket READ CAREFULLY the instructions for use.

Step 4 Screws

Remove the 2 Phillips screws (PH # 00) and the 2 Torx screws (T5)

Step 5 Battery

Remove the adhesive that is on top of the base plate, disconnect the battery connector with the help of a plastic opening tool, and with another flat tool, take off the battery. We recommend taking it off from the lower area of ??the phone so as not to damage the flex of the screen.

Step 6 Connectors

We disconnect all connectors that are connected to the motherboard.

Step 7 Motherboard

Once all the connectors are disconnected, remove the motherboard.

Step 8 Frontal camera

With a flat plastic opening tool, we take off the housing that is stuck to the base plate, and with a pair of tweezers we remove the front camera that we are going to change.

Video Tutorial summary

In this video you can watch a quick summary of the tutorial, but we recommend to follow the complete tutorial, with its explanations and detailed images.
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